i believe his actions and not words and his actions say we're going over. >> has the speaker lost control of the caucus? >> i'll let mick speak to -- >> no. and i get asked that a lot the last couple days. i think the vote on thursday being portrayed as a vote on leadership and it wasn't. # >> he couldn't get it done. isn't that a view into his leadership? >> what's not widely reported is the broad base of opposition or at least the mix of the base of opposition. there were a lot of moderates against the plan on thursday night. there was a lot of conservatives for the plan. this was not a fight that divided conservatives and moderates within the party. this was a legislation-specific vote and not a vote on leadership. >> and i think john boehner, who is a pretty good friend of mine, is an institutionalist. he reached the conclusion that when you are faced with an intraj gent white house, a senate that doesn't seem to be able to get anything done, we should save as many people as possible. his argument was if you have, you know, museums on fire, there's 100 paintings and you can save 99 of